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Albion News: Albion Lions to host fishing derby

The Albion Lions Club is sponsoring the 5th annual ice fishing derby on Lovejoy Pond. This will be held on Saturday, February 18, (Free Maine Fishing Day) at Roy Fuller’s camp on Marden Shore. There will be ice fishing demonstrations throughout the day, food, beverages, raffles. Entry tickets will be on sale until noon. The […]

China News: Special town meeting no go

by Mary Grow The Jan. 28 special town meeting to let China residents act on an ordinance to create a moratorium on retail marijuana businesses in town could not be held for lack of a quorum. China town meetings require 126 registered voters. With fewer than 100 assembled at 9:25 a.m., almost half an hour […]

Vassalboro News: Selectmen OK letter to KWD seeking support for Alewife Restoration Initiative

by Mary Grow Vassalboro selectmen heard two requests and one proposal at their Jan. 26 meeting. They granted one request and took the other two items under advisement. Board members approved Frank Richards’ request that they write a letter to the president of the Kennebec Water District (KWD) Board of Trustees asking the district to […]

Kombucha: Hooch or healer?

GARDEN WORKS by  Emily Cates Part 1 of 2 Why would anyone want to make this drink? I must confess that, for me, writing about gardening in the dead of winter is a challenge! Faced with little willing to grow in the garden (unless it’s super-hardy veggies under cold frames), I have decided to do […]

Resurgence of the pileated woodpecker around us

SCORES & OUTDOORS by Roland D. Hallee A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from a reader telling me about spotting a pileated woodpecker at her backyard feeders. For one thing, that is curious in itself because they are such isolated birds. They don’t like to to come out into the open. […]

I’m Just Curious: Critical thinking

by Debbie Walker “Once upon a time,” I love those words for the beginning of a story! Doesn’t really fit for this story, but I like it! Critical Thinking is almost a fairy tale or story of wonder but I will see what I can do with it here. I had a class, at a […]

SOLON & BEYOND, Week of January 26, 2017

by Marilyn Rogers-Bull & Percy grams29@tds.net Solon, Maine 04979 Good morning, dear friends. Don’t worry, be happy! Received the following e-mail from “Somerset Woods Trustees” entitled “Spring on Your Mind Yet?” Do You Have Apple Trees That Need Pruning and Want Expert Advice? Somerset Woods Trustees are pleased to announce that Joe Dembeck, executive director […]